Suddenlink pushes TiVo Mini into 100+ communities

Suddenlink Communications is the first cable operator in the nation to offer its subscribers access to TiVo’s Mini, which is a small device that lets users view live and recorded video content in secondary rooms of a home.

Suddenlink also got its hands on the Mini devices before they hit retail outlets this spring.

The Mini works in conjunction with Premiere boxes, which Suddenlink has deployed across its footprint. The Mini doesn’t require a CableCard and is a more cost-effective method of enabling a whole-home DVR service. With the Premiere DVR acting as a hub, the Mini uses one of the Premiere’s four tuners to access live and recorded video content on another TV in a home. Users can also pause a show in one room and resume watching it in another.

A spokesman for Suddenlink said the TiVo Mini rental fee is $6 to $7 per month, depending on location. Suddenlink professionally installs the TiVo Mini, and there is an installation fee.

According to TiVo’s website, all of the TiVo equipment must connect to the Internet via either a wired or MoCA network connection. TiVo boxes using a wireless connection won’t support the Mini.